News About Farming in a Shipping Container

Mideast In Pictures: Pick Up Your Vegetable At Israeli Urban "Vertical Farms"

Many portable urban "vertical farms" installed by Israeli agriculture tech company Vertical Field appeared next to supermarkets, restaurants, and shopping malls around the country

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Modular Farm At Kelowna School Feeding The Community

Karla Lockwood, the teacher at École KLO Middle School, tells Castanet they started a modular farm back in 2020 in a retrofitted 40-foot shipping container

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Grow It York lands Best Community Initiative Award

The farm called Grow It York, was created by the FixOurFood team at the University of York in 2021 when Professor Katherine Denby teamed up with LettUs Grow, an indoor farming technology provider from Bristol and Spark

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VIDEO: Golden Eagles Eager To Grow: AppHarvest Plants 10th Container Farm In Johnson County

PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (WYMT) - Students at Johnson Central High School are ready to grow, getting their hands on the future of agriculture while sprouting new ideas about the future of Appalachia

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VIDEO: Fresh Greens In The Dry Arizona Desert

“We saw the Farm Wall on the internet, and the next thing you know, we owned it! Now we have a fully functioning farm with no dirt,” says Tim

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VIDEO: Doug Heldoorn, CEO of ACTX, And Shannon Illingworth, Inventor of GrowPods, Describe Future of Farming

"One GrowPod will grow about an acre of food with a third of the water compared to traditional farming," he stated. "With an automated and controlled environment, GrowPods can reduce or even eliminate most chemicals, pesticides, contaminants, and disease

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How Did Big Tex Urban Farms Use Hydroponics To Achieve Its Million Servings Mission?

In addition to greenhouse production, Big Tex Urban Farms has installed a 40-foot shipping container nicknamed GroZilla that has been used to produce a variety of crops, including leafy greens

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VIDEO: Indoor Farm In Springfield Completes First Harvest

A new indoor farm in Springfield that will have the ability to grow 2.4 million packages of herbs and leafy greens every year completed its first harvest this month, with many more to follow

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Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round

In New York, Maryland, California, and beyond, hydroponic farms are being used as teaching tools while also addressing food access challenges

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How Kenya’s Neruva Technologies’ Ecocapsules Are Bringing Food Production To Urban Markets

‘Ecocapsules’ are modified 40-foot shipping containers that allow for the simultaneous breeding of fish and cultivation of crops such as lettuce and basil

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ZipGrow To Showcase Latest Innovation The Plowing Match

The ZipPod launched in June 2022, and the Plowing Match will be the first opportunity for the public to tour this revolutionary turnkey container farming system and see firsthand how crops are grown in ZipGrow hydroponic Towers

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AmplifiedAg Releases Sustainability Impact Update 

In the spirit of transparency, accountability, and industry collaboration, I am happy to share this AmplifiedAg Sustainability Impact Update that highlights our numerous initiatives and advancements

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VIDEO: Squeezing Acres of Farmland Into A 40-Foot Shipping Container - Tech-Based Farming At Square Roots

Alex Pate is the farm manager of Square Roots Brooklyn. Alex talks about Square Roots and their mission to grow food in the city with technology-based agriculture, using container units fitted out to maximize limited amounts of space

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Freight Farms Partners With Biosphere 2 To Pioneer The Future of Indoor Agriculture

Biosphere 2 is turning to Freight Farms to further novel research on creating a circular economy of food production, its benefits and the role of vertical farming

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How Data Can Make Us Better Farmers

With Farm from a Box's data monitoring system, you can understand how your farm uses resources like water, fertilizer, and energy - not only helping you boost your yields, but reduce waste, lower your footprint, and protect nearby ecosystems

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